EDUCATION

Animation College Advanced Diploma
2008 Algonquin College, Ottawa Ontario

EXPERIENCE

MAIN FRAME STUDIOS. Vancouver, BC

3D COMPOSITOR

2023

  • Colour grading and light match to sequences

  • Utlize Foundary’s Nuke to produce camera projections in scenes

  • Rotoscoping problematic scenes as time reducing alternate to rendering full scenes

  • Ensuring and maintaining the expected quality, style and schedule across the production

  • Meeting production deadlines and maintaining regular communication with leads and supervisors

  • Collaborating with the director and members to improve methods, workflows and techniques

  • Analyzing and troubleshooting common technical issues

ANIMAL LOGIC, Vancouver, BC

COMPOSITOR

2023

  • Utilize Nuke to extract scripts from 3d Software to then edit light and scenes

  • Assigned tasks to track characters' faces and apply facial changes or touch ups

  • Track and camera map scenes to replace texts and images based on director requests.

  • Create colour grades and scene touch ups and follow key lighting notes.

  • Ensuring and maintaining the expected quality, style and schedule across the production

  • Analyzing and troubleshooting common technical issues

WILD BRAIN STUDIOS. Vancouver, BC

LEAD COMPOSITOR

2020- 2023

  • Creating and compositing digital FX, highlights and tones within the current compositing pipeline

  • Collaborating with artists and supervisors to achieve consistent and high quality results

  • Managing renders and setting up shots technically

  • Integrating all layers including animation, environment, lighting to create the final shots

  • Working with 3D renders and combining seamlessly into 2D scenes

  • Ensuring and maintaining the expected quality, style and schedule across the production

  • Meeting production deadlines and maintaining regular communication with leads and supervisors

  • Collaborating with the director and members to improve methods, workflows and techniques

  • Analyzing and troubleshooting common technical issues


MERCURY FILM WORKS.  Ottawa,On

SENIOR COMPOSITOR

2009 – 2020

  • Oversee the quality of work and direction of shots for a team of compositing artists.

  • Taking initiative to prepare pre-sets tones and colours for characters and elements for designated shows.

  • Excellent attention to detail when finalizing, approving or quality controlling shots.

  • Take direction from the Compositing Supervisor to help realize the vision of the shots through the compositing team.

  • Work with Compositing team to maintain continuity and consistent performance within a show and share knowledge and techniques.

  • Work with production and supervisor team to understand and manage schedules and shot deadlines.

BIG JUMP PRODUCTIONS. Ottawa,On

 COMPOSITOR SUPERVISOR

2011-2012

  • Mobilize the compositing team to define goals and meet objectives.

  • Coordinated workflow and set pre-comp colours and tones as designated by the director.

  • Monitoring incoming client notes on all projects to proactively identify potential issues with the composite workflow.

  • Design and create lighting and the look of environments and characters for digitally composited sequences to reach the vision of the Director,

  • Work closely with director and FX department to create a finalize look.

  • Make frequent and accurate estimates of compositing time required for candidate shots.

SPILL GAMES.      Brampton,Ontario
MOTION GRAPHICS ARTIST

2015-2018

  • Create multiple online commericals for mobile games.

  • Create a visual flow and create a narrative with the supplied graphics.

  • Working close with producers to coordinate the finalize look and commercial pacing.

  • Utilizing Abobe Flash and After Effects to achieve sharp vector based visuals.

  • Create original vectors graphic titles and background environments while maintaining the design theme.

  • Working with a good knowledge of colour space principles.

SKILLS

  • Excellent working knowledge of Foundry’s  Nuke and Katana, Toon Boom’s Harmony, Mocha, and Adobe products such as After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere, Flash and Illustrator.

  • A strong eye for detail, composition, colour and lighting.

  • Ability to adapt quickly to new technologies and applications.

  • Strong knowledge of compositing workflow and the compositing application interface.

  • Ability to troubleshoot and deal with competing priorities and projects.

  • Ability to remain calm during peak production periods and maintain the morale of the Compositing team.

  • Excellent time management and communication skills.